The third one is the Death Messenger’s Scythe, an active offensive magic.
This magic is extremely similar to Shade's Moonlight Greatsword, both of which summon a spiritual weapon from the void, that is, a weapon composed of elements, between the physical and the non-physical.
The characteristics of Shad's Moonlight Greatsword are that it is extremely sharp and causes special damage to evil creatures, while the scythe of the Death Messenger hinders wound healing and causes special damage to undead and undead creatures.
This kind of magic is usually very valuable, because the effect of the magic will increase significantly as the level of the ring sorcerer increases, and it is very easy to produce a chain effect with other spiritual runes that the ring sorcerer has. If it weren't for the fact that the Augustus priest was willing to provide it for free, if Shade wanted to see the information of this kind of magic, he would have to pay at least the gold pounds that was not less than the material cost of rescuing the priest.
“This is very interesting.”
Although Shade already has a Moonlight Greatsword, and he has a strong preference for sword-type weapons, it wouldn't hurt to have one more weapon. The sickle also fits the application range of the Chaos Space-Time Blade, and the length of the sickle is obviously longer than the Moonlight Greatsword.
"In addition to the spirit runes, the learning requirements also require a near-death experience. This is easy. I have even truly stepped into death. Also, you need a spellcasting material, a small piece of black cloth. Oh, this is really cheap..."
Xia De turned the paper to the next page:
"Ritual materials: 30 pounds of black crystal (about 13.6 kg), one seal of the dead, two deep-sea undead fish, Clara special forged steel..."
Apart from black crystal, Shade had never even heard of other materials. So he skipped the list of 17 materials and looked directly at the final estimate:
"Most materials are difficult to circulate in the market, so it is difficult to estimate the price. But if there is a way to get these materials, then it will cost at least five figures in gold pounds?"
Xia De didn't need to count on his fingers to know that "five digits" meant ten thousand. And the outsiders had never seen a transaction in the unit of "ten thousand pounds" since they came to this world.
He took a sip of the cider he had bought for three pence.
"It's a pity that my wallet doesn't allow it. But this magic is really good. I can consider learning it when I have money in the future."
The fourth one, Guide Death, is an active thaumaturgy, but not offensive, and to learn this thaumaturgy, in addition to non-inspirational psychic runes related to death, any type of psychic rune related to the moon is also required.
This is a thaumaturgy related to the concept of the "ghost moon" mentioned by Sister Defulin.
There are no external sounds or lights when using thaumaturgy, and there are two effects in total.
During combat, the damage to undead and undead creatures can be greatly enhanced during use, and the effect is further enhanced when this magic is used in moonlight.
When facing souls that stay and don't want to leave, using thaumaturgy, you can know the soul's thoughts through touch, and even obtain some memory fragments. For weaker souls, you can directly guide them to continue walking, and there is no need to let them leave on their own after they figure it out, as Shad did when facing the two ghosts in the cemetery.
This effect is somewhat similar to the talent that Sister Defulin mentioned, but the nun can read the soul's thoughts just by "looking", while this magic requires the soul not to resist and to touch it with one's own hands.
"This is great. With the soul echo's psychic-like effect, I will be able to know more when I encounter a corpse in the future."
Xia De thought about it, sat in the corner of the tavern, picked up the glass and took another sip. This time it was cider again, because the cider of Midhill Castle was very famous in this season and was a local specialty:
"Moreover, increasing the damage to undead creatures is more like 'forcing death' than 'guiding death' for powerful souls."
Not only that, once Soul Echo, Psychic Blast and Guiding Death are combined, Shade can't imagine what interesting effects will occur.
Next time it’s foggy, you can go into the mountains and give it a try.
"No, no, no, I'm not that curious yet."
Although it is not as good as the Deathbringer's scythe, this magic is indeed good.
Moreover, strictly speaking, this magic can be fully integrated into the power system of the ring wizard that Shade has currently built. His current battle is based on the Silver Moon, with time and space as an auxiliary. Guiding death, successfully linking death with the Silver Moon, it will be easy to be affected by other magics based on the Silver Moon in the future, and even produce an evolutionary phenomenon similar to the Blood Echo.
Looking through the study conditions and ritual materials, there were no problems. But Shade did not plan to gather all the materials in Midhill Castle. The study materials included a large number of undead and corpse materials, and Shade was a little worried that the corpse materials in Midhill Castle would have problems due to the influence of the narrow space.
Anyway, he had familiar places in Tobesk, so he might as well go to Mr. Copps's gravekeeper's cottage. Maybe the other party would give him a lower price for Dorothy's sake.
After choosing the magic he wanted to learn, Shad went to the House of the Blind and asked Ms. Michelle to help inform Sister Defulin that he had something important to say.
So, Shad met Sister Devlin again on the third floor of Cassandra's Auction House on Santa Carla Avenue, and the great witch Cassandra was naturally there too, after all, this was her property.
Since Sister Defulin chose this as the meeting place, she probably wouldn't mind the witch hearing the next news, so Shad handed them the information written by Priest Augustus.
The old witch and the gray-haired nun watched silently, while the maids from the auction house provided tea and snacks for Shade. The maids who could appear at such an occasion were all Cassandra's confidants, and they were all ring sorcerers with witch powers.
As the oldest existing witch, the quality of the followers around Grandma Cassandra is obviously higher than that around Miss Carina... ... because Shad even discovered that the brown-haired maid who poured tea for him was actually a warlock of at least 7th ring.
"Where did you get this, Mr. Hamilton?"
After a long time, the old witch asked.
Shade shook his head:
"I can guarantee that the information is absolutely correct. I think even Miss Carina would not ask about the origin of this information."
Seeing that he brought up Miss Carina, Mother-in-law Cassandra didn't ask any further questions.
"Sister Defulin, I hope you can pass this information to the Orthodox Church. As for whether you can get benefits from the church, I don't care."
This was not considered a betrayal of the church for Father Augustus. He and Shad were both followers of Mr. Dawn, while those responsible for the Midhill Castle incident were followers of the God of Nature and the Lord of All Things, who were pagans.
"So, what do you want from me?"
The nun with gray hair asked, placing the documents on the coffee table in front of her and clasping her hands on her lap. She looked only in her twenties, but her temperament was like a wise person who had seen through everything.
"You helped me rescue Priest Augustus without costing me anything. I think, as you once said, kindness is a bond that will make the world a better place if it is passed on."
Shade said with a smile, and the nun nodded:
"I will deliver a special blood to the Blind House at the weekend, so remember to pick it up."
"OK."
This time Xia De did not refuse.
The information provided by Father Augustus seemed particularly important to the nun, so she took the information and left. Shade wanted to say goodbye, but Granny Cassandra stopped him:
"Wait, young man, I have something to ask you."
Her expression was exceptionally kind.
"Please go ahead."
"Don't worry, I just want to ask you, do you want to make some gold pounds?"
Xia De, who was short of money recently, of course wanted to agree immediately, but he still looked at her hesitantly:
"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
"Don't worry, it's not dangerous. Carina once praised you, saying that you are a very capable detective, so I would like to entrust you to go to the Mechanics College of Fort Midhill to investigate the whereabouts of an antique. Mr. John Dunn, professor of folklore, is an old friend of mine. You can go to him first, and he will tell you the whole story."
"folklore?"
Xia De just happened to want to visit a local folklore professor to learn about the Gemini worship, so these two things could be done together.
"Is that antique an ordinary item?"
"Yes, otherwise I would have sent the ring wizard around me to do it."
Although Granny Cassandra is only the twelfth seat in the Witch Council, she has her own ring wizard power just like Miss Carina and Miss Aurora.
"no problem."
"As a reward, I will also give you a special kind of blood. Although some blood is special, it is not valuable."
Although Shade only needed one kind of blood to attend the last reception, and Sister Defulin had already promised to give it to him, just as bringing one more kind of blood to the second reception was beneficial, bringing one more kind of blood to the last reception was also a good thing.
"no problem."
He had not decided yet whether to go into the mountains to find the witcher's sword this afternoon, or to go find the folklore professor first, but now he didn't have to think about it.
"However, the Twin Gods... Although the old gods have left, perhaps the power of that god can solve the problems of Luvia and Dorothy."
The blonde writer and the red-haired princess are not twins in the sense of blood relationship, but in Shad's opinion, even if they are real twins, they don't have such a close connection as theirs.
Thinking of this, Shade became even more interested in understanding the "twin gods". Even if this was of no help in understanding the secrets of Midhill Castle, finding the third chosen one, or even finding a new divinity, being able to help Leicia and Dorothy was what Shade had always wanted to do.